Empathy, Social Responsibility, and Civic Behavior Among Irish Adolescents

A Socio-Contextual Approach

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670758
AutoresCharlotte Silke (0000-0003-0819-3241, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, autor de correspondencia), Bernadine Brady (0000-0001-6139-1824, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway), Ciara Boylan (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway), Pat Dolan (0000-0002-6949-5772, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway)
Año2020
Volumen41
Número7
Páginas996-1019
Fecha de publicación2020-12-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431620977658
OpenAlexW3111701256
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas77

Research suggests that empathy and positive social values are important drivers of youth prosocial and civic action. However, theory and research indicate that young people’s civic behaviors are also shaped by their socio-contextual experiences. Drawing on a sample of 533 adolescents from public secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland, this research employed structural equation modeling to examine whether youth’s (cognitive and affective) empathy and social responsibility values mediated the relationship between youth’s social (parents, peers, school, and community) contexts and their civic behavior. Results suggest that youth’s cognitive empathy and social responsibility values appear to mediate the relationship between a number of social-contextual experiences and youth’s civic behavior. Overall, the findings from this research have important implications for research and practice

Action (physics · Civic engagement · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Empathy · Irish · Political science · Prosocial behavior · Social cognition · Social cognitive theory · Structural equation modeling · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support